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About Aurora

Village in New York, United States
607Population
0.9 sq miArea
411 ftElevation

Aurora, or Aurora-on-Cayuga, is a village and former college town in the town of Ledyard, Cayuga County, New York, United States, on the shore of Cayuga Lake. The village had a population of 724 at the 2010 census. Wells College, an institution of higher education for women founded by Henry Wells in 1868, was located in Aurora. It became coeducational in 2005 and closed in 2024. In 1980, its Aurora Village-Wells College Historic District, with more than 50 contributing properties, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. From 2001 to 2007, controversial redevelopment of historic properties in the village by American Girl doll-creator Pleasant Rowland and the Aurora Foundation…

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The forecast calls for Mostly Sunny, highs near 70°. In the local news, Amherst Central Boys JV Soccer @ East Aurora (MaxPreps), Fairview Boys Varsity Soccer @ East Aurora (MaxPreps), and Bow hunting coming to Knox Farm State Park as state looks to reduce deer population (WKBW).

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